Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0440343690, Mass Market Paperback)

A place of salmon runs, ancient totems, and a  lesson a young vicar must learn....

Amid  the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands  Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to  Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two brothers  left on earth after the great flood. The Native  Americans who still live there call it Quee, a place  of such incredible natural richness that hunting  and fishing remain primary food sources. But the  old culture of totems and potlatch is being replaces  by a new culture of prefab housing and alcoholism.  Kingcome's younger generation is disenchanted and  alienated from its heritage. And now, coming  upriver is a young vicar, Mark Brian, on a journey of  discovery that can teach him -- and us -- about  life, death, and the transforming power of love.